I'm not sure how many of you have already completed the test but I wanted to offer my unsolicited advice;

What I did was to draw up a flight profile outlining all the maneuvers that would ensure a "Pass" the first time around. All the easily-accessible literature just says to "maneuver for 30 minutes in Class B airspace" but there is actually a bit more to it.

According to AC 20-165B the feds actually want you to emulate a complete flight including a climb at Vx/Vy of at least a one minute duration, maneuvers to include two right turns and two left turns, Flight at Vne minus 10kts with runs N to S and E to We (or vice versa I guess. Slow flight and descents.

(I have a .pdf of my flight profile if anyone cares)

The other thing I want to share is once I got on the ground and went to the fed website requesting the performance report, I got the first e-mail about 15 minutes later. Unfortunately the first stated that

"your request failed to generate a result"

I resubmitted using the Hex Decimal identifier and got my "Pass" so if your N-number does not produce a result, try the other identifying info like your ICAO Dex identifier

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I beta-tested a pre-production uAvionix "skyBeacon" and did numerous test flights and obtained PAPR's for most of them. My understanding was that if you're self-installing the unit in an EAB and not attempting to qualify for a rebate, you don't have to navigate in Class B as long as you're in a good ADSB coverage area and get a "passing" PAPR. However, doing this test in a Class B will assure you're in a good coverage area, so it's not a bad idea. My airstrip is in a relatively narrow valley with no coverage down in the valley floor. So, PAPR flights originating from the valley would tend to show ADSB errors in the take-off and landing phase. I learned pretty quickly to fly to one of the airports up on the plateau, in good coverage, and start and terminate a test flight there so the coverage was complete.

I'm impressed with the FAA's quick generation of reports. Usually, if you get a "your request failed to generate a result," it just means you didn't give them enough time - a few more minutes and likely you'd get a report with your tail number only.

It is truly interesting all the numerous parameters they check! Very small numbers of errors usually aren't significant and one can request a manual interpretation by a real human if there is doubt! I got one manual report and the tech also included a Google Map of my entire flight showing where the ADSB was working and where it wasn't.

Obtaining the rebate was always part of my plan, so a test outside of Class B was never really an option (how often do the feds give you money for dong something required?).

I knew the system was working on the ground, the friendly RV who gave me a 5 by 5 radio report also stated that i was showing up on his ADSB-in platform

Interesting about waiting a bit longer to submit a report. I was probably on the ground for about 20 minutes when I sent my first email. My heart sank thinking I had to repeat the test phase before realized what they were saying. I resubmitted right away and got the "pass" report.

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